Healthy insanity amongst the cube-farms ... nyuk, nyuk
Tyler Nally (tnally@iquest.net)
Thu, 26 Feb 1998 16:38:16 -0500
How to keep a healthy level of insanity in the workplace:
Page yourself over the intercom. (Don't disguise your voice.)
Find out where your boss shops, and buy exactly the same outfits.
Always wear them one day after your boss does. (This is especially
effective if your boss is a different gender than you are.
"Hi-lite" your shoes. Tell people that you haven't lost your shoes
since you did this.
Put up mosquito netting around your cubicle.
Put a chair facing a printer, sit there all day and tell people that
you are waiting for a document.
Arrive at a meeting late, say you're sorry, but you didn't have time
for lunch and you're going to be nibbling during the meeting. During
the meeting, eat five entire raw potatoes.
Insist that your e-mail address be:
"zena_goddess_of_fire@companyanme.com
Every time that someone asks you to do something, ask if he wants
fries with that.
Send e-mail to yourself engaging yourself in an intelligent debate
about the direction of one of your company's products. Forward the
mail to a coworker and ask her to settle the disagreement.
Encourage your colleagues to join you in a little synchronized chair
dancing.
Put your trash can on your desk. Label it "IN."
Determine how many cups of coffee is "too many."
Develop an unnatural fear of staplers.
Decorate your office with pictures of Cindy Brady and Danny Partridge.
Try to pass them off as your children.
For a relaxing break, get away from it all with a mask and snorkel in
the fish tank.
If no one notices, take out your snorkel and see how many fish you can
catch in your mouth.
Send e-mail messages saying free pizza, free donuts, etc... in the
lunchroom; when people complain that there was none, just lean back,
pat your stomach and say, "Oh you've got to be faster than that."
Put decaf in the coffee maker for three weeks. Once everyone has
gotten over their caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.
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